L-L League Baseball Playoffs: Quarterfinals – Lancaster Catholic vs. Ephrata (5-9-24)

Defending League Champ Cedar Crest is headed back to the L-L League Finals after knocking off Conestoga Valley 57-45 in the League Semifinals! RJ Young led a Senior heavy Falcons squad with 17 points & Danny Speaks added 12! CV’s Freshman Phenom DeMere Salisbery led all scorers with 19 points!

▪️Buckskins turn their attention to the District 3 Playoffs... where they are the 15 seed in the 6A rankings & will travel to #2 Mechanicsburg on Tuesday, February 18!

🔹Cedar Crest is looking to win back to back League 🏀🏆 just like they did in 2014 & 2015!

Manheim Central made it a Senior Night celebration to remember, sweeping the season series against Cocalico 3-0! Lady Barons won 11-0 in 5 innings! They moved to 12-6 overall, 12-3 in Section 3... finishing in 2nd place and qualifying for Leagues & Districts!

-- Riley Hostetter (MC): Win, 5 IP, 9 K, 2 H, 0 Runs

-- Manheim Central scored 6 runs in the 2nd inning, 4 runs in the 3rd inning

The “Backyard Brawl” between Cocalico & Ephrata came down to the FINAL bout of the night… tied 29-29! Ephrata’s Kaleb Sweigart survived a 13-11 decision at 172lbs against Cocalico’s Dane Bollinger! Mounts Won 32-29… picked up their 9th straight dual win to wrap up the season & knocked off the Eagles for the 2nd year in a row!

🔹Cocalico got pins from Chase Breneman (114), Blake Shenk (139) & Nolan Steiner (285)! Sam Hershey (121) earned a Tech Fall!

🔸Ephrata had pins from Noah Tlumach (152) & Quincy Myer (189)! Brody Musser (145) added a Tech Fall!

Barons and Black Knights went the distance... 80 minutes of regulation... 1 Goal apiece... Connor Caterbone (MC) & Nathan Leisure (Hempfield)! But after 2 scoreless Overtimes, penalty kicks decided a Winner! Guess who scored the victory clinching PK?! Hempfield Goalie Noah Felty! Check out the highlights from a Wild game...

Black Knights are onto the League Finals on Thursday against Section 1 Rival Warwick!